"As you know all living things have magical essence flowing through their body whether it be humans, beasts, monsters or even farm animals they all have magical essence flowing through their bodies. You also know the quantity of this magical essence is variable meaning that it is different for each being, obviously in farm animals magical essence is low and this will not change, farm animals will always have low amounts of essence. On the other hand a magical beast such as a Dragon will always have high amounts of magical essence, each Dragon will obviously have different quantities however these quantities will always be high. When it comes to humans though the laws and facts about magical essence are ignored instead all humans have a chance of having high amounts of essence yet they have the same chance to have extremely low amounts. I'm sure you have all come to understand this before having your essence awoken however what we are now going to do is refine that essence within to make it stronger. This essence refinement is how we as Magus become stronger. Each time you refine your essence it becomes stronger, more dense and powerful. The quality of your essence is split into realms each harder to achieve than the last."

"The first realm is known as the Mortal Realm everyone begins in the Mortal Realm, that is to say all of you are currently in the Mortal Realm. However after you have refined your essence to a certain point it will start to change in density, power and appearance. The realms are as follows Mortal, Earth, Sky, Heaven, Royal, Imperial, Infernal and Primeval with each more powerful than the last. Moreover your essence will turn from Mortal White to Earth Green to Sky Blue to Heaven Gold to Royal Purple to Imperial Silver to Infernal Red to Primeval Black . Furthermore these Realms are split into six ranks Iron, Copper, Silver, Gold, Cobalt and Mythril, these are also referred to as rank one through six. The more you refine your essence the more dense it becomes and as you increase the density of your essence it becomes more powerful, it also takes on a slight coloration depending on what rank you are, for example iron ranks will have a reddish coloration, copper ranks will have a brownie coloration and cobalt ranks will have a blue coloration and so on."

"Obviously you are all wondering how could you possibly refine the essence that is inside your bodies, well it's simple all you have to do is meditate and then whilst mediating and feeling the essence inside your body you compress it, push it together, channel it through your body to strengthen it. Although It is simple to do, to actually break through is difficult other wise everyone would be in the Primeval Realm. These breakthroughs can be supplemented by medicines, herbs and other cultivation resources yet as your realm climbs higher the more medicine is required or possibly even stronger medicine is needed, I'm sure you understand the journey of cultivation is a long and arduous one."

"Alrighty I think we covered all main points of essence refinement now lets talk about Magus spells shall we. So Magus spells are split into three categories - Foundation, Combat and Formation, today we will talk about foundation spells."

"Foundation Spells are the framework for all Magus, before you start learning other spells you must create a foundation spell. The Foundation spell is created through making your essence come out of your body in a corporeal form suitable to you, this essence you control is then supported by the magical essence in the environment, once you can do that the foundation spell will be complete allowing you to summon whatever you created as long as you have enough essence. It also supports our development in the future as combat and formation spells you use down the line are heavily influenced by your foundation spell . Moreover this spell is unique to you and only blood relatives could have a foundation spell resembling yours. Of course you may still learn from teachers and masters as they contain their own insights into spell creation, because if we relied on inexperienced students to create spells with no training there will be very few who could accomplish that." After a very long narration Teacher Li let out a breath and seemed quite tired after speaking for that long without breaks.

Malice was then instructed to feel his soul and look at his magical essence, to reach out and feel his magical essence, to create a unique foundation spell, obviously with his lack of experience he could only faintly sense a sharpness like that of a knife, an indescribable blade edge. Actually it was as if his very soul was a sword capable of piercing the world. He continued to urge the magical essence within to create a more corporeal form, Teacher Li only briefly explained this part obviously imagining that these youths would be incapable of such a thing given how little they have learnt so far.

Yet to Malice's surprise he only felt his essence move slightly which made him feel rather dejected. Retracting himself from his primitive form of magical mediation Malice realised that he still had a ways to go before he could form his foundation spell, however he did manage to at least urge his magical essence to move which would already be seen as outstanding.

After an hour of students attempting to meditate, control their essence and even attempt to materialise it , Teacher Li gathered everyone's attention. When everyone was awoken the room was filled with faces of unwillingness and sadness, after all they believed they had failed to achieve even the basic step of moving their essence, yet Teacher Li had a trace of understanding in his eyes.

"Do not be upset or ashamed that you didn't manage to complete the task, this is your first lesson and the creation of your foundation spell is what we plan to work on this week. Some of you may achieve this within a day or two whilst others may take even longer than the given week, there are two key factors that will affect your speed, those being your attitude and your talent, for without an attitude to train even if you have A grade talent you will be worse off than those with a D grade. However talent is still very important as those with A grade will need to spend a considerably less amount of time meditating than those with C grade talent . So whether you are an A grade talent or a D grade talent I want you all to try your hardest to create your foundation spells, I'm sure I will not be disappointed. Therefore that concludes our practical lesson for today, the next few lessons will focus on your foundation spell creation, magical history and magical application, Farewell see you tomorrow. "

When Teacher Li stopped talking the students all started to get up and get ready to leave, very soon many conversations broke out attracting Malice's attention.

"He said that we shouldn't feel ashamed or angered that we failed, but how can we not? Does he not see that it hurts one's pride when you fail in front of so many people" growled a pompous chubby kid

"Didn't everyone fail you dimwit how can your pride be affected at all? However it does bug me that he assigned an impossible task that we all wasted our time on." responded an overbearing little girl

Malice held back a look of disdain after hearing a few comments that were around him, he only thought to himself how foolish the other students were, 'Pride? Like the girl said we all failed, is there nothing else that happened in that lesson to comment on? Impossible task? The instructor clearly stated that it is ongoing and the point is to make us train, so you think that training is time consuming?.' A look of contempt flashed in Malice's eyes he almost felt that he was put in a classroom of fools.

'This intelligence that I posses and have strangely nurtured can't be that outlandish, I have seen that I most likely posses the intelligence of a smart adult at the age of twelve but even then it doesn't take a genius to figure out what the instructor wanted, huh maybe having this genius makes me look down on the other kids, honestly in this case I have the right to.'

Malice was put in a bad mood after hearing constant comments which were foolish, idiotic and unreasonable, he didn't know whether it was him being smarter or the others being unnaturally stupid that caused his rage but he did manage to figure out that he would try to avoid these people as much as possible. Whilst Malice was coming to this realisation a boy and girl walked up to him whilst he was leaving the class.

The male looked older than twelve yet still retained the feeling of a twelve year old, possessing a minute but tangible dominating aura, wearing leather armour that covered most of his body creating a mystical ten point star on his chest which was all lined with ghostly grey fur. On the other hand the girl was draped in an elegant black and red dress gown possessing small diamond and ruby ornaments on the shoulders and neck with a gold plated shining star on her abdomen, appearance wise she was definitely a stunning beauty, even at this young age you could see the makings of a royal princess. But what caught Malithis' attention was not her beauty, nor her extravagant outfit but her aura, it was greater than the males it was small yet still real however it's feeling was completely different it was like a bright fire was coiling around her, showing her power and progress in training.

"Would you mind having a little chat with us in the courtyard?" The female softly sounded, her melodic voice was soothing to the ear but also melancholic at the same time, Malice was surprised at first he wasn't sure why she wanted to talk. He guessed that it was to do with his A grade talent. He decided to follow her out of curiosity, Neither Malice nor the other two spoke as they approached the courtyard only stealing glances at each other now and then. They arrived at a small stone table where they all sat down.

"Hello there Malice my name is Isabella Starlyte Valroyeaux, you may call me Bella, I am from the Starlyte clan and the granddaughter of the current patriarch. This is Nova Starfyre, he is from a side family of the Starlyte clan, the Starfyre side family, so we like to stick together."

"What do you want?" Malice asked simply and coldly, he didn't have any connections to this Isabella.

'Why is she here there is obviously no such thing as free charity and considering she is part of a blood clan she isn't here to recruit me so I wonder what she wants'

"Ah I'm sorry if I came on a bit strong, the thing is we heard that your are a high ranked A grade student and me and Nova were thinking we could become friends, after all there are few A ranked people in this class and well if you aren't opposed to it we could make a little A ranked friendship group" Bella gave a warm smile that caused Malice to feel her true intentions surprising Malice very much. 'Am I a idiot? Clearly we are all twelve year olds, I think like someone who is sceptical of everything, she clearly just wants to make friends and having friends of the same talent grade will make it more likely to stay friends as you progress at roughly the same speed. Hahaha I should really try thinking more like my age, however having a little bit of scepticism is always helpful but I'll agree.'

"Ah I must apologise that was quite rude of me it's just I usually don't socialise with others I like to keep to myself, but having friends would be nice." Malice gave a slight smile and seemed sincere. 'I usually secluded myself after all having an adults frame of mind means it's hard to understand and enjoy the company of children.'

"Don't worry about it honestly it is refreshing having been spoken to like that, being a direct descendant of a large clan means I am always feared and respected without anyone even knowing me. Anyway let's stop talking about this, there is still two other A grade talents would you like to join us in expanding this group of ours?" Bella seemed happy and serene every time she uttered a word now which was in a large contrast to Nova who still had yet to speak and just sat there seeming completely detached.

'It looks like he is meditating, he must want to also become strong quickly, clearly having A grade talent means they are far smarter than those idiots from earlier. Well looks like having a few friends won't bring any disadvantage, but to have them as powerful allies in the future will definitely be helpful.'